TY - BOOK AU - Polmar,Norman AU - Marolda,Edward J. TI - Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign T2 - The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War SN - 9780945274827 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - DS558.8 .P65 2015 U1 - 959.704/345 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Washington Navy Yard, DC PB - Naval History & Heritage Command KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Aerial operations, American KW - Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968 KW - Naval aviation KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Naval operations, American N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67); The start of an air campaign -- Way down south on Dixie Station -- Rescuing downed aviators -- Countering the SAMs -- The bombing campaign heats up -- The POL strikes -- Air war at its deadliest -- Tet and Rolling Thunder -- Learning from the Rolling Thunder experience -- Sidebars -- Attack aircraft -- Fighter aircraft -- Tragedy aboard ship -- Frustrated warrior: Admiral Ulysses S.G. Sharp -- Homer Smith and the debut of PGMs -- Recce aircraft -- Abbreviations and terms ER -